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Royal Commentarier.
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foever, in the mean time he láid hands on thefe two poor Gentlemen, and fuan–
gled them in amoment: after whith he ftripped
Don
Baltafar,
and left him as
naked as he was 'Dom ; bue
he
fuffered
rohn
Carceres
to remain in his Shirt, per–
haps becaufe
his
Linea was not
fo
_fine
as was
Baltafar's;
then he drew their Bo–
dies inco the Markec-place , and la1d them at che foot of the Gallows , where
I
faw them about nine a Clock that nighc.
lt is-reported that
Fr1tncifco
Hernandez
did che ne~t day reprove his Lawyei- , for being
fo
hafiy in his execucion of
Ju–
fl:ice, before
he
'had
C?mmunicated the ~atc~r
faíl:
to him
~
bue chis was onely
a
feigned pretence to gam
eíleem
and crecht With che People; but fecre~]y he was
-pleafed witb it, obferving the terrour ·and coníl:etnation chis aétion tiad operated
in
che minds of the People, for finte they hád not fpared his Majeíl:y's Accoun–
·tant, nor one'of his Captains
in
the late Wars, who had a revenue
of
fifi:y
thou–
fand Ducacs a ycar, wi~ a great comrnand <>ver
Jndians;
whac could ochers ex–
Qeét
of lefs condition; whereupon all che
Citizens
fubrnicted co chem, efieeming
their condition (ecureft, who ~ere already
fled ,.
and had made their efcapes;
but th~ Aílaffinares grew
more
mfolent.
and
cyranmcal chan before.
-CH
A
P.
IV.
Francifco Hcrnandez
na,nes ami ·uppoints a Lieutend~
1
General
and Capttzin:s for 'bis ttrmy.
T11>0
Cüies
fend
:A.mba/fadours to hi111.
1'he
n-U111-her
o[ Citiz.ens that were
fled to
llimac.
H
Er11ande:{.
havhlg by 'this
time 'aff
embled
~lmut
an
-hlrndred
and
Rfiy
Souléliers
belonging to -the Gicy and che
par.esadJaC"eilt; ·he began to appoint Officers
and
Commanders,; and named
Diego
de Atvarad
o bis Lawyer
to
be his Lieutenant
General, and
Thom.u
razqHez..,
Frílncifco
Ntmne~
and.Ro,Mgo
.de Pineda,
to
be
Cap–
tains of Horfe. Thefe two lafi, being Cicizens
, were .much in favour, and kind–
ly treated by
Hernaneh,,
ever fince che beginoing of che Rebellion; and
ro
oblige
and engage chem che m<l>re, he conferr,ed on-them che Comrnands -of Captains of
Horfe ; which they accepred ra~her out of Fear th~n out of affefüon to liis caufe,
or interefr,
or
expedation of ~nefit, or -hoaoilr
lfrom
this pFeferrnent. His
Cap.
ta,ins
df
Foot Were
rohn Je
~edrahirn, NHnno
Mendia/11
ancl
Diego
Gaviltm,
Alberto!
de
Ord11nn11
was made Standar-d-beárer, an<il
Antonio C11rillo
Set1jeant Major. So eve–
ry one refpefüvely
1
repa'ired to his Charge and Command, to raife Souldiers for
cornpleting cheir Troot,s ancd Companies.
.
Their Enftgns and Colours were tnade very fine, wi~b fofcriptions and
Mottot.s
<>n
them all r-elating to Libercy,
fo
1
that their Arrny narned themfelves, the ArirJy
of Libercy. The report of ,this Infurrefüon being noifed and bruted abroad in
general, withont
at'iy
pitreiculat'S ; it was believed, that ail che City of
Co~co
had .
joined unanimotiíly in the rebellion ; on which fuppofüion, che Cities of
HHa–
'manca
and
J1requepa,
fent their Arnbaífadours
to
Couo,
defiring
to
be
admirred
into
che League -and,Sociecy with them , and co:be received into che proreétion
,of.the Metrópolis and Head-oi'ty
@f
the Ernpire;
,chac
fo
they might join,rogether
t'o
1
1'eprefencrfheir e::lífc to hisMajefiy, which was
;v-ery
-burchenfome and,oppreffwe
by reafon
0f
rht5fe 'thany gr,ievous Ordin·ances which wer-e daily fent rhem by the
_füdgés. The Amb'aífad11Jurffrom
·A-r-equepa
wascaHed--raldecabr..u,wich whom
1
was at-qua'itite'd ; choagh
Pillentino
fays
<he
was
a
1
Frier
called
Amires
de
T11lat1m,,
perhaps they mighc,hotli
1
be fenc. He that was fenl::from
Huar»anca
was,called
Hn-–
nando·deltíHnblo;
.an"d
bóth
ch~fe Ambaífadoms were re~cived by
H'ernande~
·Gi–
ron
·With much
1
Mndnefs
and
r-ef
!')eét,
who be.gan now -t@ ·hecome
praud ,of
his
caufe and ehtetprife, :whiéh appeared fo-populnr, chat che whole 1Kiqgd0m
•in
a
fhélrt'
time was.reaély- to
'éfpoµfe
.and embm;e it: and farrher, to mlignifie·his
Ac–
tións, he
pablHhed
abróad,
that
lipon
cae
News -of
what
wa~ afüd at
ao~o,
·rhe
people